Single Pond Design for Water Storage
In our Agriculture for Everybody blog series, we will be dealing with Pond Design related to Water Storage. This design is mainly for Dug Out Pond otherwise called as Excavated Pond or Sunken Pond. Picture to be placed here at a later point of time Pond Area or Size Based on need Min : 1% of Total Land Bank Max : 10% of Total Land Bank Pond Shape Round or Square is optimal Reason : Round or Square will have the least surface area and hence evaporation is minimal as well as seepage of water into the soil is also minimal Pond Length Based on need Pond Breadth Based on need but similar to Pond Length is optimal Pond Depth Based on need but 6 ft is minimum. The Pond Depth (Height) is inclusive of the Bund. A gap of 1 ft is required between the top of the water surface and the top of the Pond Reason 1 : If you wish to do Fish Farming in future, 5 ft is the maximum required water depth Reason 2 : If the depth is more, need safety...